Thornton v. District of Columbia Redevelopment Land Agency

Thornton, Administrators v. District of Columbia Redevelopment Land Agency

Thornton v. Dist. of Columbia Redevelopment Land Agency, 429 U.S. 978 (1976)

Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Decided: November 29, 1976
Docket: No. 76-325
Citations: 429 U.S. 97897 S. Ct. 48850 L. Ed. 2d 5861976 U.S. LEXIS 3680

Cited by 68 6 descriptions by later courts

Opinion of the Court

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C. A. D. C. Cir. Certiorari denied.

How later courts describe this case

Explanatory parentheticals written by citing courts — 6 in all; the most informative distinct ones are shown.

(affirming ruling that local officials denied plaintiff equal protection where denial of permit was based on illegitimate political or personal motives)

Jemal's Fairfield Farms, LLC v. Prince George's Cnty., 319 F. Supp. 2d 618 (D. Maryland 2004)
(disapproving the position that the bad faith exception extends to bad faith in the events giving rise to litigation)

North Star Alaska Hous. Corp. v. United States, 85 Fed. Cl. 241 (Fed. Cl. 2009)
(prison officials have broad discretion, free from judicial interference, in classifying prisoners in terms of their custodial status)

Isiah Carl Green v. Dan v. McKaskle Acting Dir., Tex. Dep't of Corr., 788 F.2d 1116 (5th Cir. 1986)
(equal protection violation upheld when plaintiff accused defendants of failing to act on its sand excavation application (and subsequently granting a useless permit) while granting permits to a powerful family for five acres around plaintiff's property)

Yale Auto Parts, Inc. v. Johnson, 758 F.2d 54 (2d Cir. 1985)

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Artis v. Petrovsky638 F. Supp. 51 (W.D. Mo. 1986)
United States v. Jack Gordon, United States of America v. Joseph Daly641 F.2d 1281 (9th Cir. 1981)
Creative Environments, Inc. v. Robert Estabrook680 F.2d 822 (1st Cir. 1982)
Isiah Carl Green v. Dan v. McKaskle Acting Director, Texas Department of Corrections788 F.2d 1116 (5th Cir. 1986)
Israel Alicea Rosado v. Ramon Garcia Santiago562 F.2d 114 (1st Cir. 1977)
Women Prisoners of the District of Columbia Department of Corrections v. District of Columbia93 F.3d 910 (D.C. Cir. 1996)

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Abuhouran v. United States595 F. Supp. 2d 588 (E.D. Pa. 2009)
North Star Alaska Housing Corp. v. United States85 Fed. Cl. 241 (Fed. Cl. 2009)
Christian v. United States136 F. App'x 514 (3d Cir. 2005)
Jemal's Fairfield Farms, LLC v. Prince George's County319 F. Supp. 2d 618 (D. Maryland 2004)

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